 But, like, the owner of the team was Bob Johnson. Bobcats? We could come up with Bob the Cat? Rufus T. Lynx or whatever? It's Lynx Rufus is the name of the actual species of bobcat. My name is Bob. Here's my team, the Bobcats. And here's our mascot, Rufus. He named the entire team after himself. What about the mascot? No!